Why is os.path.exists('~') False? [duplicate]
Solution 1:
You need to expand the tilde manually:
my_dir = os.path.expanduser('~/some_dir')
Solution 2:
The conversion of ~/some_dir to $HOME/some_dir is called tilde expansion and is a common user interface feature. The file system does not know anything about it.
In Python, this feature is implemented by os.path.expanduser:
my_dir = os.path.expanduser("~/some_dir")
Solution 3:
That's probably because Python is not Bash and doesn't follow same conventions. You may use this:
homedir = os.path.expanduser('~')